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deprecation

n.
UK //dˌɛpɹɪkˈeɪʃən// dep·re·ca·tion
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Origin

From Middle French deprecation (French: déprécation), from Latin dēprecātiōnem, from dēprecātiō (“deprecation, invocation”), from dēprecor (“I avert, I warn off; I deprecate”).

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